Lower cylinderical electrodes forming a honey comb structure with plurality support structures
A semiconductor device including a plurality of lower electrodes on a substrate, the plurality of lower electrodes in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to form rows and columns, a support structure having a flat panel form, the support structure connecting and supporting the plurality of lower electrodes, the support structure including a plurality of open areas defined therein, the support structure including two different shapes in an alternating manner may be provided. The plurality of open areas may have a same shape and partially expose sides of all the plurality of lower electrodes.
1. A semiconductor device comprising:
a plurality of lower electrodes in a honeycomb structure; and
a support structure connecting and supporting the plurality of lower electrodes, the support structure including a plurality of open areas, the plurality of lower electrodes exposed by the plurality of open areas,
wherein the plurality of lower electrodes in the honeycomb structure are arranged such that one lower electrode at a center point of a hexagon and six lower electrodes at vertices of the hexagon and adjacent to the one lower electrode configure a first hexagonal structure, the six lower electrodes at the vertices of the first hexagonal structure serves as lower electrodes at center points of six other hexagonal structures, and the one lower electrode at the center point of the first hexagonal structure serves as a lower electrode at one of six vertices of each of six other hexagonal structures, and
wherein the plurality of open areas expose three side areas of the one lower electrode at the center point of the first hexagonal structure, and two side areas of the six lower electrodes at the vertices of the first hexagonal structure.
2. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the support structure comprises:
a first support pattern inside a circular structure, the circular structure defined by a virtual line enclosing a set of circularly provided open areas from among the plurality of open areas; and
a second support pattern outside the circular structure and spaced apart from the first support pattern.
3. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the one lower electrode at the center point of the first hexagonal structure is in contact with only the second support pattern, and the six lower electrodes at the vertices of the first hexagonal structure are in contact with both the first support pattern and the second support pattern.
4. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein a diameter of the first support pattern is greater than that of each of the plurality of lower electrodes, and a diameter of the circular structure is greater than that of the first support pattern.
5. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein a center point of the circular structure and a center point of the first support pattern are identical to each other.
6. The semiconductor device of claim 2 , wherein the first support pattern and the second support pattern have different shapes.
7. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of open areas have doughnut shapes, each including three separated sub areas, and
each of the three sub areas exposes three adjacent lower electrodes from among the plurality of lower electrodes.
8. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein an exposed area of one of the three adjacent lower electrodes exposed by one of the three sub areas is different from an exposed area of each of the remaining two of the three adjacent lower electrodes.
9. The semiconductor device of claim 7 , wherein the three sub areas have substantially a same planar size to each other.
10. The semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of open areas partially expose side portions of all the plurality of lower electrodes.
11. A semiconductor device comprising:
a plurality of lower electrodes on a substrate, the plurality of lower electrodes in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction to form rows and columns; and
a support structure having a flat panel form, the support structure connecting and supporting the plurality of lower electrodes, the support structure including a plurality of open areas defined therein, the support structure including two different shapes in an alternating manner in a third direction, the plurality of open areas having a same shape and partially exposing sides of all the plurality of lower electrodes.
12. The semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of open areas form a plurality of circular structures to form a plurality of rows in the first direction and a plurality of columns in the second direction, and
each of the plurality of circular structures is defined by a virtual line enclosing a set of circularly provided open areas from among the plurality of open areas.
13. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein a first set of the plurality of open areas on a first row is provided in a misaligned manner with respect to a second set of the plurality of open areas on a second row adjacent to the first row.
14. The semiconductor device of claim 12 , wherein six adjacent lower electrodes from among the plurality of lower electrodes that are partially exposed to an open area defined inside the circular structure comprise three first lower electrodes inside the circular structure and three second lower electrodes outside the circular structure.
15. The semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein partially exposed areas of the three first lower electrodes and partially exposed areas of the three second lower electrodes are different from each other.
16. A semiconductor device comprising:
a plurality of lower electrodes in rows and columns on a substrate, the plurality of lower electrodes in a honeycomb structure, the honeycomb structure including one lower electrode at a center point of a hexagon and six lower electrodes at vertices of the hexagon and adjacent to the one lower electrode, the six lower electrodes at the vertices of the hexagon serving as lower electrodes at center points of six other hexagons, the one lower electrode at the center point of the hexagon serving as a lower electrode at one of six vertices of each of six other hexagons; and
a support structure connecting and supporting the plurality of lower electrodes, the support structure including a plurality of first support patterns and a second support pattern, the plurality of first support patterns each having a circular shape, the second support pattern surrounding the plurality of first support patterns and separated from each of the plurality of first support patterns.
17. The semiconductor device of claim 16 , wherein a plurality of open areas are defined by spaces between the plurality of first support patterns and the second support pattern.
18. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein each of the plurality of open areas partially exposes side surface of the six lower electrodes from among the plurality of lower electrodes.
19. The semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein each of the plurality of open areas has a doughnut shape and includes three sub areas divided by three lower electrodes from among the plurality of lower electrodes.
20. The semiconductor device of claim 19 , wherein each of the three sub areas partially exposes side surface of three adjacent lower electrodes from among the plurality of lower electrodes.